Collar



G. N. MARCH.

(ModeL) COLLAR.

Patented Mar. 2, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE N. MARCH, OF WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO THE FIBERLENE COLLAR COMPANY, OF

PORTLAND, MAINE.

COLLAR.

QPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,176, dated March 2,1886.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE N. MARCH, of Watertown, in the county ofMiddlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Collars, of which the following is a descriptionsufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in theart or science to which said invention appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part ofthis specification, in which the figure is an isometrical perspectiveview of my improved collar represented as buttoned or provided with astud.

My invention relates to thatolass of ladies collars which are providedwith capes; and it consists in a collar having its body or upper portioncomposed of paper or cloth-faced paper and provided with a narrowoverturned flap and a cape composed of cloth or muslin, the cape beingattached to the body by a row or series of stitches, all as hereinaftermore fully set forth and claimed, the object being to produce a newarticle of manufacture which is cheaper than an all-linen collar of thesame general character, and more desirable than a collar having its bodyand cape both made of cloth-faced paper.

The nature of the improvement will be readily understood by allconversant with such matters from the following explanation, its extremesimplicity rendering an elaborate description unnecessary.

In the drawing, A represents the body, B the cape, and C the flap. Thebody A is composed of the ordinary cloth-faced paper used in themanufacture of cheap collars, and is provided at its upper edge with aflap, C, which is united with the body along the upper edge thereof, andwhich is otherwise free. This flap is designed to be turned down orfolded inward against the inner face of the body, and when the upperedge of the collar becomes soiled from wear the collar is turned insideout and the flap C is raised and folded down upon the opposite side ofthe collar, so as to be on the inside thereof when the collar isreversed. This reverse folding of the flap covers the soiled surface,and exposes a clean surface along the upper'edge of the collar on bothsides thereof.

The cape B is of the ordinary form and construction employedin all clothor linen collars, being composed of thin cloth, muslin, or linen, andattached to the lower portion of the body A by means ofa row or seriesofstitches, at, two or more'rows being used, if required.

The cloth-faced paper used in the manufacture of collars is nearlyimpervious to both water and air, and hence for obvious reasons isunfitted for constructing the cape of the collar, while a collar havingits body composed of linen and its cape of linen or muslin is moreexpensive than is always desirable. It is also unusual to provide acollar which has a cape with an overturned flap, as such collars aregenerally made of linen, which renders this impracticable.

My improvement is designed to obviate these objections by enabling acollar to be produced which is not only cheap, but possesses all of theadvantages, so far as the cape is concerned, of an all-linen collar,while at the same time it is free from all of the objections which wouldresult from the use of cloth-faced paper in the construction of thecape, and is adapted to be turned inside out or reversed.

Having thus explained my invention, What I claim is l. Aladys collarcomprisingacollar proper, A, provided at its upper edge with a foldingflap adapted to fold inward or outward for rendering the collarreversible, and acape attached to the lower edge of said collar,substantially as described.

2. A ladys collar comprising a collar proper composed of paper orcloth-faced paper and provided at its upper edge with a folding flapadapted to fold inward or outward for rendering the collar reversible,and a cape composed of cloth stitched at its upper edge to the loweredge of said collar, substantially as described.

GEORGE N. MARCH.

Witnesses:

C. A. SHAW, L. J. WHITE.

